nolle prosequi was entered by the Director of Prosecutions. Attached to this letter, the Complainants submitted copies of decisions and sources of information referenced in their submissions on Admissibility, in response to a request from the Secretariat. 22. The Communication was subsequently deferred to, considered and declared admissible at the 13th Extra-Ordinary Session. The Respondent State was informed of the decision of the Commission by way of a Note Verbale dated 27 February 2013. On the same day, a letter was sent to the Complainants informing them of the decision and requesting that they make their submissions on the Merits within sixty days. 23. In a letter dated 14 November 2015, as no submission had yet been received, the Commission informed the Complainants that if no submissions were received as soon as possible, the Commission would proceed to strike out the Communication for want of diligent prosecution. The Complainants’ submission on merits was subsequently forwarded to the Commission through a letter dated 08 February 2014. 24. The Complainants’ submission on the merits were forwarded to the Respondent State through a Note Verbale on 24 September 2014. The Respondent State was requested to forward its submissions on the merits of the Communication, within sixty (60) days of this notification. 25. Through Note Verbale dated 11 March 2015, the Commission granted the Respondent State 30 working days, from the date of notification, to file written submissions on the merits, if any. The Commission informed the Respondent State that it would proceed on the determination of the merits on the basis of the available information if the said submissions were not received within the stated period. 26. Through a diplomatic note dated 05 May 2015, the Respondent State forwarded its submission on the merits to the Commission. The submission was forwarded to the Complainants on the 20 May 2015, granting the Complainants thirty (30) days to submit any additional written observation or information; no additional submissions were received. The Law on Admissibility The Complainant’s Submissions on Admissibility 27. The Complainants submit that they have satisfied all the criteria on admissibility, as set out in Article 56 of the African Charter. The Complainants submit that: the authors of the Communication are indicated; the Communication is plainly compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter; the Communication is presented in polite and respectful language; and is based on information provided by the Complainants and Court documents, not on media reports, in accordance with clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) of Article 56. 4